List of public art in the London Borough of Hackney
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This is a list of public art in the London Borough of Hackney.
Dalston[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Hackney Peace Carnival Mural | 13 Dalston Lane | 1985 | Mick Jones and Ann Walker after Ray Walker | Mural | N/A | [1] |
Hackney Central[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Esther Nelson Memorial Drinking Fountain | St Thomas's Square 51°32′31″N 0°03′18″W / 51.5420°N 0.0551°W |
1912 | ? | Drinking fountain | Grade II | Unveiled 31 October 1912.[2] |
Custard Apple (Annonaceae), Breadfruit (Moraceae) and Soursop (Annonaceae) Memorial to the Windrush generation |
Narrow Way, near St Augustine's Tower | 2021 | Veronica Ryan | Sculptures | N/A | Unveiled 1 October 2021. The three sculptures represent Caribbean fruits and vegetables, in reference to the nearby Ridley Market.[3][4] |
Hackney Downs[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Mosaics | Hackney Downs Pavilion | 2014 | Hackney Mosaic Project | Mosaics | N/A | [5][6] |
Hackney Wick[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Boulder | Mabley Green 51°32′56″N 0°01′57″W / 51.5490°N 0.0326°W |
2008 | John Frankland | Sculpture | N/A | [7][8] |
Haggerston[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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The Elliptical Switchback | Haggerston railway station | 2010 | Tod Hanson | Ceramic mural | N/A | Commemorates the astronomer Edmond Halley, who was born in Haggerston.[9] The first permanent artwork commissioned by the London Overground.[10] |
Hoxton[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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North London Railway War Memorial | Hoxton railway station 51°31′53″N 0°04′33″W / 51.5315°N 0.0758°W |
1921 | Reginald Wynn Owen | Cenotaph | Grade II | Unveiled 10 February 1921 at Broad Street railway station; reinstalled in the car park of Richmond station in 1989, and on this site in 2011.[11] |
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Juggling Figure | Hoxton Market | 1994 | Simon Stringer | Statue | N/A | [12] |
Holding Hands | Hoxton Square | 2020 | Stik | Sculpture | N/A | [13] |
Lea Bridge[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Friendship Tree | Millfields | 2008 | Joel Parkes and pupils of Southwold Primary School | Sculpture | N/A | [14] |
Shoreditch[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Drinking fountain | Great Eastern Street, at the junction of Paul Street and Tabernacle Street 51°31′33″N 0°05′02″W / 51.5259°N 0.0839°W |
1880 | A. Nicholson | Columnar drinking fountain | Grade II | [15] |
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Statue of Robert Geffrye | Museum of the Home, Kingsland Road 51°31′54″N 0°04′35″W / 51.5318°N 0.0764°W |
1913 (after an original of 1723) | After John Nost | Statue in niche | Grade I | [16][17] |
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Hackney War Memorial | Churchyard of St John-at-Hackney 51°32′59″N 0°03′13″W / 51.5497°N 0.0536°W |
1921 | Joseph Hermon Cawthra | Pillar/obelisk with sculpture | Grade II | [18][19] |
Hitchcock's Reel | Shoreditch Park (formerly Leonard Street / St Paul Street) | 1996 | John Edwards | Sculpture | N/A | [20] | |
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Master of Suspense Alfred Hitchcock |
Gainsborough Studios, Poole Street 51°32′09″N 0°05′19″W / 51.5359°N 0.0887°W |
2001 | Anthony Donaldson | Sculpture | N/A | [21] |
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Boulder | Shoreditch Park 51°32′04″N 0°05′12″W / 51.5345°N 0.0867°W |
2008 | John Frankland | Sculpture | N/A | [7][8] |
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Queensbridge Sculpture | Queensbridge Road/Regent's Canal 51°32′10″N 0°04′12″W / 51.5360°N 0.0701°W |
Joel Parkes | Sculpture | N/A | [22] |
South Hackney[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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War memorial | Churchyard of St John of Jerusalem's Church, Lauriston Road 51°32′25″N 0°02′47″W / 51.5402°N 0.0465°W |
1921 | ? | Memorial cross | Grade II | Unveiled 22 October 1921.[23] |
Stoke Newington[]
Image | Title / subject | Location and coordinates |
Date | Artist / designer | Type | Designation | Notes |
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Statue of Isaac Watts | Abney Park Cemetery 51°33′49″N 0°04′39″W / 51.5637°N 0.0774°W |
1845 | Edward Hodges Baily | Statue | Grade II | [24] |
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War memorial | Churchyard of St Mary's New Church 51°33′39″N 0°05′05″W / 51.5609°N 0.0848°W |
1920 | Charles Marriott Oldrid Scott | Memorial cross | Grade II | Unveiled 11 October 1920.[25] |
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Bust of Edgar Allan Poe | Stoke Newington Church Street | 2011 | Ralph Perrott | Bust | N/A | [26] |
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Tree sculpture | Clissold Park 51°33′32″N 0°05′23″W / 51.55899°N 0.08968°W |
N/A |
See also[]
- The Towers of Hackney (1970s – 2009)
References[]
- ^ Hackney Peace Carnival Mural. London Mural Preservation Society. Retrieved 19 June 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Drinking Fountain (1235875)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 8 July 2021.
- ^ Rea, Naomi (1 October 2021). "London Unveils Its First Public Monument Celebrating the Windrush Generation of Caribbean Migrants to the U.K." Artnet. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Custard Apple (Annonaceae), Breadfruit (Moraceae), and Soursop (Annonaceae). Art UK. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Jessel, Elia (14 November 2014). "Volunteers chip in to create brand new mosaic in Hackney Downs Pavilion". Hackney Citizen. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ Hackney Downs. Hackney Mosaic Project. Retrieved 28 December 2015.
- ^ a b "Aug 2008: Chris Dorley-Brown / John Frankland - Boulder". PEER UK. 14 August 2008. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ a b Jury, Louise (19 August 2008). "To boulderly go... in the name of art". Evening Standard. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Elliptical Switchback 2010". Tod Hanson. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ "New public art at Hampstead Heath station". Times Series. 15 July 2011. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "North London Railwaymen War Memorial (1445194)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Juggling figure". London Remembers. Retrieved 5 July 2017.
- ^ Bartholomew, Emma (24 September 2020). "Stik's Hoxton Square sculpture 'Holding Hands' unveiled". Hackney Gazette. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Public art". The view from the bridge: Lea Bridge heritage. Archived from the original on 5 January 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Drinking Fountain (1226614)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
- ^ Kershman 2013, p. 374.
- ^ Hoxton museum's slave trader statue under specific review. Hackney Gazette. 15 June 2020. Archived from the original on 16 June 2020. Retrieved 18 June 2020.
- ^ "War Memorials Register: Men of Hackney". Imperial War Museum. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "War Memorial, St John at Hackney Churchyard Gardens (1391701)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 March 2021.
- ^ Bridget Cherry, Nikolaus Pevsner (1998). London: North, Buildings of England, Pevsner Architectural Guides, The Buildings of England, Ireland, and Scotland Series. Yale University Press. p. 525. ISBN 9780300096538.
- ^ Master of Suspense (Alfred Hitchcock). Art UK. Retrieved 30 August 2020.
- ^ Public Art and Regeneration. Free Form. Archived from the original on 10 December 2008. Retrieved 5 March 2010.
- ^ Historic England. "War memorial at St John of Jerusalem Church (1431918)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 June 2021.
- ^ Historic England. "Monument to Isaac Watts in Abney Park Cemetery (1235434)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 29 December 2015.
- ^ Historic England. "War memorial at the Church of St Mary (1431826)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
- ^ Kershman 2013, p. 350
Bibliography[]
- Kershman, Andrew (2013). London's Monuments. London: Metro Publications.
External links[]
Media related to Sculptures in the London Borough of Hackney at Wikimedia Commons
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